ISTA’s Interesting Poll

With a major statehouse rally planned today in support of Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz, the state Teacher’s Union recently released a poll that has some interesting results when it comes to charter schools and standardized testing.

The poll of 600 registered voters, commissioned in November, showed 50 percent of voters rated schools overall as good or excellent while 37 percent rated schools as fair and nine percent as poor. However, when it came to their neighborhood schools, 73 percent rated the schools as excellent or good, while just 24 percent rated their local schools as just fair or poor.

On the issue of whether there is “too much testing” in schools, only 25 percent of those asked said there was too much focus on standardized testing in their own schools and 24 percent thought there was too much testing overall. More respondents thought a lack of parental involvement was the biggest challenge schools faced.

Some other interesting thoughts…

55 percent thought school funding had been cut over the past few years.

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